RegEx Multi-Match Anchor -- Does It Exist?

Folks, I'm looking for a way to pick up in an ereg where I left off. A while-loop type thing, like Perl's \G anchor. A search on the list revealed only Jim Kraai's <jkraai@polytopic.com> posting on 02-08-92 <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=91845718525786&w=2>, which provided this: > function mult_ereg($pat,$string) > { > $sep = "~~~sep~~~"; > $newstring = ereg_replace("($pat)",$sep.'\\1'.$sep,$string); > $ary = split($sep,$newstring); > for ($i=1,$numRegs=count($ary);$i<$numRegs;$i+=2) > $parts[] = $ary[$i]; > return $parts; > } Is this pretty much where we're at now, or is there a native PHP function to do this? I'll be awfully surprised to find out that there's no basic PHP function to perform this -- it seems like something that would be in a lot of demand! Thanks, folks. Best, Waldo Waldo L. Jaquith < waldo@munkandphyber.com > < 804/979.2980 > // Munk & Phyber // 110B Second Street NE // Charlottesville, VA 22902